Buying a car from a stranger
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Buying a car from a stranger
so im buying a car from a guy in virginia, im taking out a loan from my mom (ill pay her back in a week when my s2k sale is finalized) and my mom being traditionally chinese truly believes there are tons of loopholes in the law and everyone's a bad guy. im actually buying the car from a well-respected forum member (who shall remain nameless and can come forth upon his own free will) so im not the least bit worried as to getting scammed. but what does one do to "secure" the deal?
my ideas that got shot down:
check sent via certified mail w/ signature confirmation. (signature tying address to seller)
and the bank will have records of the large sum of money being deposited
what else can i do to secure the transaction?
my ideas that got shot down:
check sent via certified mail w/ signature confirmation. (signature tying address to seller)
and the bank will have records of the large sum of money being deposited
what else can i do to secure the transaction?
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From: Raleigh
are you worried about the condition or not getting a car?
if you secure transport, have the driver make sure everything works, how else would he get it on the truck right?
also, have a local member vouch for the car and take it for a test drive and once over before it is loaded. there are tons of members in the NOVA community.
the shipping company is responsible for any damages that occur in transit, so they check it out pretty thoroughly.
if it was in NC, i would do it for you.
Dave
if you secure transport, have the driver make sure everything works, how else would he get it on the truck right?
also, have a local member vouch for the car and take it for a test drive and once over before it is loaded. there are tons of members in the NOVA community.
the shipping company is responsible for any damages that occur in transit, so they check it out pretty thoroughly.
if it was in NC, i would do it for you.
Dave
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Buy a $300 round trip ticket, fly out there do the paperwork. Fly home with the title and have the car transported. Or just fly out and drive it back. The safest thing is to to not buy a car sight unseen (although I did once and it worked out ok). The seller did deliver the car to me and no money changed hands until I saw it.
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non-running inlinePRO kitted s2k guys. its not that i dont trust him, im taking the loan out from my mom. im really considering flying out but the nearest airport over there is 180 miles away and i dont know the way.
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Originally Posted by dagle,Nov 6 2008, 01:05 PM
non-running inlinePRO kitted s2k guys. its not that i dont trust him, im taking the loan out from my mom. im really considering flying out but the nearest airport over there is 180 miles away and i dont know the way.
